I currently read Alex Vitale's The End Of Policing. I was skeptical at first. After about a third I thought "Yes OK that's true but mostly applies to the US, right?"

But then, where Vitale argues #police has always been a political, never a #crime-fighting tool, I suddenly realised:

Holy shit I myself & everyone in my bubble finds it totally normal that police are present at #protests but would *never* expect them to solve my burglary case or find my stolen bicycle. 😲

https://www.versobooks.com/products/178-the-end-of-policing

I currently read Alex Vitale's The End Of Policing. I was skeptical at first. After about a third I thought "Yes OK that's true but mostly applies to the US, right?"

But then, where Vitale argues #police has always been a political, never a #crime-fighting tool, I suddenly realised:

Holy shit I myself & everyone in my bubble finds it totally normal that police are present at #protests but would *never* expect them to solve my burglary case or find my stolen bicycle. 😲

https://www.versobooks.com/products/178-the-end-of-policing

MAGA started with a tea party and it damn well might end with one.

#protests #50501movement #portland #oregon #ICE

Interview with one of the #Portland #ICE protesters. Watch and hear directly in their own words.

#USpol #PortlandOR #PDX #protests #WarRavagedPortland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cxCVgG2ZjY

Eugene #Oregon understands the assignment: show up for #Portland in peace and look as silly as possible.

They say: "Hang on, Portland! Eugene is sending reinforcements. Just give us a sec to muster our troops."

#50501movement #protests

#Trump repeatedly diverged from the purported topic of the future of the #US #military, focusing on several other issues he often highlighted in political rallies.

He spoke about the dangers of #protests against #ICE, & touched on his #NationalGuard dispatch to #WashingtonDC several times, claiming that crime has disappeared in Washington.

He called members of the #media "criminals", & lied about how much money his his #tariffs were raising.

🤬🧵

Obviously these ladies understand the assignment too. 😆 👏🏼

They say: "Today at the ICE facility in Portland. Portland pastry protest!"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPJ5BJNiWEi/

#Portland #Oregon #ICE #Trump #fascism #protests #50501movement

Eugene #Oregon understands the assignment: show up for #Portland in peace and look as silly as possible.

They say: "Hang on, Portland! Eugene is sending reinforcements. Just give us a sec to muster our troops."

#50501movement #protests

This is the reason why #Trump labeled #Antifa a #terrorist organization. So he could send #military into #BlueCities where there are #protests. Because it is amorphous, he can call whatever he wants “Antifa” it’s not like #SCOTUS will stop him.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protests #resist
https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-troops-portland-oregon-f8659de72f28289ef22bd924d149a52f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-27-Breaking+News

#Trump said he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” of US #troops to handle “domestic terrorists” in #Portland, Oregon as he expands his illegal #military deployments to more American cities.

Note the language: “War ravaged Portland” - he thinks calling #Antifa #terrorists & Portland a #war zone will get him around the #PosseComitatusAct.

#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #immigration #protests #resist

#Trump claimed the decision was necessary to protect #ICE facilities, which he described as “under siege from attack by Antifa, & other domestic terrorists”.

The ICE facility in #Portland has been the target of frequent #protests, sometimes leading to violent clashes. Some federal agents have been injured & several protesters have been charged with assault. When protesters erected a guillotine earlier this month, #DHS described it as “unhinged behavior.”

#law #PosseComitatusAct #Constitution

#Trump said he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” of US #troops to handle “domestic terrorists” in #Portland, Oregon as he expands his illegal #military deployments to more American cities.

Note the language: “War ravaged Portland” - he thinks calling #Antifa #terrorists & Portland a #war zone will get him around the #PosseComitatusAct.

#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #immigration #protests #resist

This is the reason why #Trump labeled #Antifa a #terrorist organization. So he could send #military into #BlueCities where there are #protests. Because it is amorphous, he can call whatever he wants “Antifa” it’s not like #SCOTUS will stop him.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protests #resist
https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-troops-portland-oregon-f8659de72f28289ef22bd924d149a52f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-27-Breaking+News

Lol, the #TeslaTakedown crowd outside the #Tesla Diner in #LosAngeles projected a loop of #Musk sieg heiling. They figured diners should get to watch what they're supporting. Granted, some of them are openly into that shit. But that's the point! You sit down to dine with Nazis, you're a Nazi.

As I said yesterday about some other resistance hijinks, you could put a label on a projector that says "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO47cZiEWgs/

#protests #ElonMusk

Lol, the #TeslaTakedown crowd outside the #Tesla Diner in #LosAngeles projected a loop of #Musk sieg heiling. They figured diners should get to watch what they're supporting. Granted, some of them are openly into that shit. But that's the point! You sit down to dine with Nazis, you're a Nazi.

As I said yesterday about some other resistance hijinks, you could put a label on a projector that says "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO47cZiEWgs/

#protests #ElonMusk

lefties who bitch about democrats need to get out for the fucking primaries and vote for the candidates who are out there getting thrown to the ground by ICE at protests

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/chicago-ice-protest-democrat-kat-abughazaleh-thrown-tear-gas-rcna232512

primaries. are. what. matter.

give them money too if you got it

#ice #democrats #democracy #protests

🇬🇧‘Counter-protesters in Russell Square held placards reading "Refugees welcome" and "Oppose Tommy Robinson," while chanting: "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here."

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-12/thousands-to-descend-on-london-for-tommy-robinson-rally-and-counter-protest

@span mediapart
#uk #manchester#liverpool #bristol #racism#whitesupremacy @span BLKNewsNow @span blackmastodon #tiktok #protests #democracy #britain

I apologize for the ABBA music, that's modern social media for you. But here's a drone shot of the "#GenZ" #protests / #revolution in #Kathmandu#Nepal

What's this

#Nepali coordinating #revolution on #Discord, almost 10,000 on one conference call

They're calling it the "#GenZ" #protests. It was sparked by a crackdown on #SocialMedia but the base frustration is #corruption, #nepotism, #unemployment, and #inequality. 19 protesters were killed on Monday, I'll spare you a viewing of that video, and Tuesday #Parliament and the #SupremeCourt were set on fire. The prime minister has resigned. The government has fled.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5535887/nepal-protests-gen-z-explained

#Nepal

What matters is not who #Banksy is but what he is saying.

Each picture really does speak a thousand words.

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/05/14/24-artworks-by-banksy-who-is-the-visionary-of-street-art/

#streetart #protest #protests #freespeech #art 'artist #humanrights#London